List of Experts Consulted

National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) List of Experts Consulted
Name

Title

Telephone
Number
517-373-3740

Email Address

Affiliation

James Collins

Director,
Communicable
Disease Division
Director of
Epidemiology
Director of
Epidemiology and
Public Health
Planning
Interim State HIT
Coordinator and
Chief, Public Health
Informatics and
VPD Epidemiology
Chief Public Health
Informatics Officer

CollinsJim@michigan.gov

Michigan Department of
Community Health

317-221-2000

jgibson@hhcorp.org

845-364-2956

AlleyneO@co.rockland.ny.us

Marion County Public
Health Department
Rockland County Health
Department

614-466-1402

brian.fowler@odh.ohio.gov

Ohio Department of
Health

800-525-0127

bryant.karras@doh.wa.gov

312-814-2793

stacey.hoferka@illinois.gov

Atar Baer

Surveillance and
Informatics
Epidemiologist
Epidemiologist

Washington State
Department
of Health
Illinois Department of
Public Health

206-296-0100

atar.baer@kingcounty.gov

Uma Ahluwalia

Director

240-777-1266

hhsmail@montgomerycountymd.gov

German
Gonzalez
Brian Dixon
Walter Suarez

Executive Health
Medical Director
Research Scientist
Executive Director,
Health IT Strategy
and Policy
Deputy Director,
The Armed Forces
Health Surveillance
Center
Director Office of
Public Health
Surveillance and
Research

850-245-4412

german.gonzalez@flhealth.gov

317-274-9000
202-346-3370

bedixon@regenstrief.org
walter.g.suarez@kp.org

Public Health - Seattle
and King County
Montgomery County
Department of Health
and Human Services
Florida Department of
Health
Regenstrief Institute
Kaiser Permanente

301-319-3240

julie.pavlin@us.army.mil

Department of Defense

650-852-3408

Mark.Holodniy@va.gov

Department of
Veteran’s Affairs

Joseph Gibson
Oscar Alleyne

Brian Fowler

Bryant Thomas
Karras
Stacey Hoferka

Julie Pavlin

Mark Holodniy